PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dyskinesia, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Psychotherapy: treatment involving psychological techniques: consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth. Biomedical therapy: prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person"s physiology. Eclectic approach: an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client"s problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy. Insight therapies: variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person"s awareness of underlying motives and defences. Client-centered therapy: a humanistic therapy, developed by rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine accepting empathic environment to facilitate client"s growth. Active listning: empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates and clarifies. Humanistic therapies: promote growth do not treat it as an illness. Focus on the present and future more than the past. Rogerian hints to therapists: paraphrase instead of saying i know how you feel.